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Page 67:-

To an Hay-loft I was led in,
Boards my Bed, and Straw my Bedding.

Having thus left High-Cross early,
I to Waltham travelled fairly,
To the Hospital of Oswald,
And that Princely Seat of * The'bald;
There all Night I drank old Sack-a,
With my Bed upon my Back-a.

Thence to Hodsdon, where stood watching,
Cheats who liv'd by Cony catching:
False Cards bro't me, with them play'd I,
Dear for their Acquaintance paid I.
'Fore the Justice they appeared,
Them he praised, me he jeered.

Thence to Ware, where mazy Amwel
Mildly cuts the Southern Channel:
Rivers streaming, Banks resounding:
Middleton with Wealth abounding:
Mightily did these delight me;
"O, I wish'd them Aqua vitæ!
Thence
*   On the King's House at Tibbalds.
This Seat, this Royal Object of the Sight,
Shall it for ever bid the World good Night?
Where our preceding Kings enjoy'd such Bliss,
And seal'd their amorous Fancies with a Kiss!
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